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For diarrhea and dysentery with indigestion, emaciation, and failure to build flesh, moxibustion is applied to the Pishu (BL20) acupoint. The number of moxa cones should correspond to the patient's age in years.

For urgent diarrhea resembling a stream, five types of dysentery resulting in pus and blood in the stool, tenesmus, and abdominal pain, moxibustion is applied to the Xiaochangshu (BL27) acupoint for one hundred moxa cones.

For chronic diarrhea and dysentery with frequent passage of flatus, fatigue, and cold injury due to overwork, moxibustion is applied to the Xiayao acupoint for one hundred moxa cones. The "Sanbao" point is located on the spinal bone exactly in the center of the Ba Kui area; applying more moxa cones is particularly beneficial. The "Sanzong" bones are contraindicated for acupuncture.

For uncontrollable diarrhea and dysentery with severe colic in the lower abdomen, moxibustion is applied to the Dantian acupoint for one hundred moxa cones. The "Sanbao" point is located two cun below the umbilicus; if needling, insert five fen deep. For diarrhea and dysentery with loss of appetite and inability to digest food even after eating, moxibustion is applied to the Changgu acupoint for fifty moxa cones. The "Sanbao" point is located five cun lateral to the umbilicus, also known as the Xunjia acupoint.

For bloody and white discharge from dysentery, moxibustion is applied to an acupoint of the Foot-Taiyin channel for fifty moxa cones, repeated three times ("Sanbao").

For chronic diarrhea and dysentery unresponsive to various treatments, moxibustion is applied to an acupoint of the Foot-Yangming channel, located one cun below the previous point, in the depression above the prominent bone, three cun away from the bifurcation of the big toe. The number of moxa cones should correspond to the patient's age in years.

Alternatively, use a bent bamboo strip to measure: mark the point directly above the junction of the two hips on the spine. Measure down one cun and mark both sides one cun apart. Measure down another inch; where these three points align on the spine, apply thirty moxa cones to one point, or up to one hundred or more moxa cones for better efficacy.

This method can arrest all types of dysentery and also treat damp-cold conditions. However, do not apply moxibustion at the point on the spine that coincides with the hip marking.

Alternatively, moxibustion is applied to the Qizhong (CV8) acupoint, gradually increasing to two or three hundred moxa cones.

Alternatively, moxibustion is applied to the Guanyuan (CV4) acupoint for three hundred moxa cones, administered daily for ten days. This also treats cold dysentery with abdominal pain. Guanyuan is located three cun below the umbilicus.

For bloody and white dysentery, moxibustion is applied to the Qionggu (coccyx), with a higher number of moxa cones being preferable.

(One Treatise, Thirty-two Formulas)

The treatise states: Previously, Jianpi Wan (Spleen-Constructing Pill) was used to treat dysentery among the nobility and was often effective. Now, for chronic cold dysentery, it is recommended to first administer Wenpi Tang (Warm the Spleen Decoction) to purge, followed by Jianpi Wan to tonify. There has been no case of ineffectiveness. However, poor families find it difficult to procure the ingredients and lack the means for proper recuperation.

Formula for treating chronic mixed hot and cold bloody and white dysentery.
Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex) (each 3 liang); Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Renshen (Ginseng Radix) (each 1 liang).
The above five herbs are coarsely crushed, boiled in seven sheng of water until two and a half sheng remain. Divide into three doses. (This differs slightly from the previously mentioned Wenpi Tang).

Formula for treating deficiency-wasting with emaciation, heavy body, cold spleen and stomach, indigestion, borborygmus, abdominal distension, and intractable diarrhea and dysentery.
Zhongru Fen (Gypsum Fibrosum Pulvis) (3 liang); Chishizhi (Halloysit Rubra), Haoqu (Good Fermented Wheat Mass), Damai (Hordei Fructus Germinatus), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Longgu (Fossilia Ossis Mastodi et Scapulae), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Fuling (Poria), Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis), Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex) (each 2 liang); Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) (1 liang); Shujiao (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium) (6 liang).
The above fifteen herbs are ground into powder. Mix with white honey to make pills the size of wutong seeds. Take ten pills with wine, three times a day, increasing up to thirty pills. This formula can be taken as a decoction for weak patients and is suitable for both men and women. (The Jiyi Fang does not contain Xixin or Longgu).